Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba - Couverture rigide

Acosta, Leonardo

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ISBN 10 : 158834147X ISBN 13 : 9781588341471

Editeur : Smithsonian Books, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Leonardo Acosta

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Based on unprecedented research in Cuba, the direct testimony of scores of Cuban musicians, and the author's unique experience as a prominent jazz musician, Cubano Be, Cubano Bop is destined to take its place among the classics of jazz history. The work pays tribute not only to a distinguished lineage of Cuban jazz musicians and composers, but also to the rich musical exchanges between Cuban and American jazz throughout the twentieth century.

The work begins with the first encounters between Cuban music and jazz around the turn of the last century. Acosta writes about the presence of Cuban musicians in New Orleans and the “Spanish tinge” in early jazz from the city, the formation and spread of the first jazz ensembles in Cuba, the big bands of the thirties, and the inception of “Latin jazz.” He explores the evolution of Bebop, Feeling, and Mambo in the forties, leading to the explosion of Cubop or Afro-Cuban jazz and the innovations of the legendary musicians and composers Machito, Mario Bauzá, Dizzy Gillespie, and Chano Pozo. The work concludes with a new generation of Cuban jazz artists, including the Grammy award-winning musicians and composers Chucho Valdés and Paquito D’Rivera.

Biographie de l'auteur

Leonardo Acosta is the author of more than a dozen books on music and literary criticism, as well as fiction and poetry. He lives in Havana, Cuba.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Smithsonian Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 158834147X
• ISBN 13: 9781588341471
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320